Car-coupling



I (N0 Model.)

J. A. MILLER.

OAR COUPLING.

Patented Nov. 7, 1882.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. 'MILLER, OF WADESVILLE, INDIANA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267.240, dated November'7, 1882. Application filed April 13, 1882. (No model.)

1 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. MILLER, ofW'adesville, in the county of Posey and State of Indiana, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in (Jar-Couplings, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My improved devices are intended to allow the coupling of cars withoutthe necessity of the operator passing between them and the inventionconsists in coupling-hooks hung to the draw-heads by ball-and-socketjoints and provided with levers for their operation from the top of thecars, or from the ground at one side, as herein described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional side View of my improved coupling as applied touse. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is an end view of onedrawhead.

A A are draw-heads on cars B B. Each head is formed with two recesses, ab, side by side, in one of which, a, the coupling-hook c is hung, whilethe recess 1) is formed to receive the hook of the contiguous draw-head.The hooks c are formed at their inner ends with balls d, which set intoconcave sockets or seats formed in the sides of recesses a, so thatballand-socket joints are formed, on which the hooks are free to swingup and down, and also laterally so far as permitted by the width ofrecesses a. In slots extending back from recessesa bent levers e arehung, and links f connect the upper ends of such levers with lugs g onballs d. The lower ends of levers e are slotted, and through them passlevers ii, that are hung to the car-bottom and extend at both sides inconvenient position for operation to move levers e and raise the hooks0. For raising the coupling-hooks from the top of the cars, I providerods 13, connected to lugs on the outer ends of hooks c, and extendingupward to the car-roofs.

These coupling devices are of aconstruction which insures theirdurability, and they can be readily applied to ordinary draw-heads.

Having thus fully described myinvention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The coupling for cars, consisting of hooksa, hung by balls d in recesses a of the drawheads, that are formed withrecesses b for receiving the outer ends of the hooks, as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with slotted couplinghooks c, of bent levers 6,connected by links f with lugs g on the balls (Z, and levers It, passingthrough slots of said levers e, as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN A. MILLER.

Witnesses HUME PELT, DAVID KRAUSGRILL.

